What if the monster you were sold to wasn't the real danger?

They call him the Monster. Nine wives. Nine graves. No heirs.

I was supposed to be the tenth.

Sold by my family to save a sister who betrayed me, I thought survival meant staying invisible.

 But when I healed Alpha Kael Cinderclaw in the snow, I accidentally bound us together, a mate bond neither of us wanted and neither can sever.

Now I feel his rage like fire beneath my skin.

 He feels my fear like a blade against his throat. And the fortress that buried nine wives is watching us both.

My family wanted me erased.
His enemies want me dead.

And Kael? He looks at me like I'm the one thing he can't afford to want—but can't let go.

They wanted a sacrifice.
They're getting an awakening.
In a world where power is everything, the wolfless girl just became the Alpha's greatest weakness, and his most dangerous obsession.

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The moment I saw the blade disappear into Kael's body, something inside me broke.


The bond between us convulsed violently, and for the first time since it had formed, I felt genuine terror.


The realization hit me with such force that everything around me lost meaning. The arena became noise. The crowd became shadows. The shouting became distant echoes that barely reached my ears. Nothing existed except the man collapsing into my arms and the horrifying certainty that if I lost him now, everything ended.


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